Meaning

10 senses
  1. The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

    The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.

    Schnauze, Hundeschnauze, Rüssel

    мо́рдаmórda, ры́лоrýlo

    мо́рдаmórda, пи́сокpýsok, хра́паxrápa

    a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose

  2. The front of the prow of a ship or boat.

  3. (derogatory)A person's nose.

    His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.

    informal terms for the nose

  4. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

    If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.

    сопло́sopló

  5. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.

    beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

  6. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.

  7. (UK, slang)Tobacco; cigarettes.

  8. The terminus of a glacier.

  9. (slang)A police informer.

  10. A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.

    шно́бельšnóbelʹ, руби́льникrubílʹnik, ры́лоrýlo

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Dogs have long snouts.

    У собак довгі морди.

    ruУ собак длинные морды.

    deHunde haben lange Schnauzen.

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  2. The hedgehog's snout stretched upwards in curiosity.

    ruМордочка ёжика вытянулась кверху от любопытства.

    deDas Schnäuzchen des Igels war neugierig emporgereckt.

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  3. I like the short snout of boxers.

    deIch mag die kurze Schnauze der Boxerhunde.

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  4. Take a closer look at that snout.

    ruПосмотрите внимательнее на этот носик.

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  5. The spiny mouse has a prominent snout.

    deDie Stachelmaus hat eine markante Schnauze.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast:
Русский
By meaning 3
long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast:
nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.:
nose of a man (in contempt):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast:

Origin

From Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, *snūte or Middle Low Ger

From Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, *snūte or Middle Low German snûte, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz.

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Forms

plural: snouts
Singularsnout
Pluralsnouts

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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